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What is a Mutual Fund? A mutual fund is a type of investment fund that pools money from many different investors or corporations to purchase securities. It is professionally-managed by experts called Fund Managers and investing in one can allow you to have diversified diversified portfolios of stocks, bonds or […]
Where to invest? Mutual Funds (MF) or Unit Investment Trust Funds (UITFs)? Many new investors actually gets confused about these investment vehicles because they have some similarities. In this post, we will break those similarities down and also their distinct features. Similarities of Mutual Funds and Unit Investment Trust Funds […]
Why does inflation matter? Maybe you are also asking this question since you heard the shocking news about Philippine inflation rate that breached 6.4% in August. This has been trending on social media earlier this month as many Filipinos shared this news and expressed their shock and dismay over the […]
Thinking of starting your stock investment on your own? But which stock should you buy? The very first thing to do is to learn how to assess a stock’s true value and its potential return and risk level before you put in your money into a company. If you have […]
At what age do you want to retire? I never fail to ask this question to the people I sit with for a personal financial planning. Most of the time, millennials are those who would say, “I don’t know yet” or “I haven’t thought about it” and have a little […]
The great Albert Einstein once said, “Compound interest is the 8thwonder of the world. He who understands it earns it, he who doesn’t pays it”. The man was an absolute genius and it’s hard to argue with him. If you haven’t heard about compound interest, then I’m telling you, it is […]
Maybe you’ve heard about stock investments but don’t know how it works? Don’t worry, you are not alone. I have been in that same situation. I guess it’s overwhelming because our schools do not teach about investing. I did a lot of research and reading to become confident to start […]
I have been receiving many emails and comments about how to start investing in the Philippine stock market or how to open an account with an online stock broker. Hence, I decided to write this short article to share about how easy and economical it is to open an online […]